Monthly Archives: December 2012

What is Dropbox?

Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. This means that any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, phones and even the Dropbox website.
Dropbox also makes it super easy to share with others, whether you’re a student or professional, parent or grandparent. Even if you accidentally spill a latte on your laptop, have no fear! You can relax knowing that Dropbox always has you covered, and none of your stuff will ever be lost.

Dropbox synchronizes your files between computers. Whenever you create a Dropbox folder on one computer, files you put inside it get copied to all of your other computers’ Dropbox folders. That way, you don’t have to carry around a flash drive!

Your stuff is safe

Transmission of files occurs over an encrypted channel (SSL) where supported, and files are encrypted when stored on Dropbox’s servers.

Setting Up Dropbox for the First Time

The following instructions are for Macintosh computers. To set up Dropbox at home, just go to dropbox.com and follow the directions, but they are VERY close for a PC.
PC Instructions are here: https://www.dropbox.com/downloading?os=win

5. A window appears with a blue background. Try dragging Dropbox to the Applications folder.

6. Double-click Dropbox. The installation window appears.

7. If you already have a Dropbox account, pick I have a Dropbox account and skip to the next section. Otherwise, just click Next.

8. Type in your name, e-mail address and a password to create an account. The password is a secret only to you so please keep record.

9. Click through the brief Dropbox tutorial.

10. Once you’re done, your Dropbox folder should open up. Leave it open for the next step.

Sharing Your Work Folder

1. If your Dropbox folder isn’t open, click on the Dropbox icon in the top right corner of the screen. Then, click Open Dropbox Folder.

2. In the Dropbox folder, right-click and click New Folder. Try to Create a folder indicating a subject closely related to what you’re uploading. For instance if you want to upload several new images for our website or brochure, just title the folder “Website New Images 12-28-12“. This will help keep us organized so that our Master folder will contain individual folders of key assets!

3. Right-click on your newly created “Website New Images 12-28-12” folder. On the Dropbox menu, pick Share This Folder.

4. A browser window will open up, asking you for an email address to share the folder with. Type away!! and click Share.

Accepting Invites

1. Log into your Dropbox with your e-mail address and password you choose upon set-up.

2. On the left side, click Sharing.

3. Click on the invitation you received.

4. Click on ACCEPT.

Dropbox FAQs

Check remaining space on the Dropbox website

Sign in to the Dropbox website

On the top right of the screen, click on your name to get the account menu

The bar under your email address represents your Dropbox space usage

Amount of space left on a Dropbox account from the account menu

For more detail, you can click on Settings to be taken to your account settings. For a shortcut, clickhere.

How secure is Dropbox?

Dropbox takes the security and the safety of your data very seriously. We use the best tools and engineering practices available to build and maintain Dropbox, and we have a dedicated security team making sure that Dropbox remains secure. Your files are stored securely and backed-up. Your account login is protected by many layers of security including password and two-step verification.

Dropbox employees are prohibited from viewing the content of files you store in your account. Employees may access file metadata (e.g., file names and locations) when they have a legitimate reason, like providing technical support. Like most online services, we have a small number of employees who must be able to access user data for the reasons stated in our privacy policy (e.g., when legally required to do so). But that’s the rare exception, not the rule. We have strict policy and technical access controls that prohibit employee access except in these rare circumstances. In addition, we employ a number of physical, technical, and heuristic security measures to protect user information from unauthorized access.

For our advanced users

Dropbox uses modern encryption methods to both transfer and store your data.

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and AES-256 bit encryption.

Dropbox website and client software are constantly being hardened to enhance security and protect against attacks.

Two-step verification is available for an extra layer of security at login. You can choose to receive security codes by text message or via any Time-Based One-Time Password (TOTP) apps, such as those listed here.

Public files are only viewable by people who have a link to the file(s).

Access via third-party apps

Some third party apps with Dropbox integration will ask for permission to access your Dropbox. To grant access, you will need to log in to your Dropbox account and explicitly press the Authorizebutton when prompted. You can visit the My Apps section of your account settings to review the apps you’ve granted permission to and revoke access at your discretion.

How do I rejoin a shared folder?

If you’ve left a shared folder accidentally or your shared folder no longer syncs (files appear to be old or missing), you can rejoin it through the Dropbox website.

Rejoin a Shared Folder from the Dropbox website:

Sign in to the Dropbox website (if you haven’t already)

Click on Sharing from the sidebar on the left

Select the Past folders from the drop-down menu on the top right of the page

Click on the icon next to the folder you’d like to rejoin and press Rejoin

Share a folder on the Dropbox website

To share an existing folder, the folder has to be in your Dropbox folder. You can create a folder in your Dropbox folder just as you would anywhere else on your hard drive.

Sign in to the Dropbox website

Click on Sharing from the sidebar on the left

Press the button labeled New shared folder

The New shared folder button

Create a shared folder from the file browser

You can also create shared folders by selecting an existing folder from the file browser and clickingInvite to folder from the blue bar across the top. For an even quicker shortcut, control-click the file or folder from the file browser and select Invite to folder from the contextual menu.

Share a folder on Mac OS X

Right-click or Control-click on the folder you want to share. A contextual menu will appear.

Select Dropbox > Share This Folder… This will send you to the sharing page on the Dropbox website

Select Share This Folder… from the contextual menu

Enter the email addresses of whomever you want to add to your shared folder

Add a personal message if you’d like and click Share Folder

How do I leave a shared folder?

You can leave a shared folder at any time from the folder’s sharing options. If you’re the owner of a shared folder, you have the ability to unshare the folder or remove (kick out) certain members of the shared folder.

Use these settings for your Incoming Mail Server, depending on the type of email account you have:

POP

Tap POP at the top.

Host Name

pop.secureserver.net

User Name

Enter your full email address.

Password

Enter your email account password.

IMAP

Tap IMAP at the top.

Host Name

imap.secureserver.net

User Name

Enter your full email address.

Password

Enter your email account password.

Use these settings for your Outgoing Mail Server:

SMTP (Outgoing Mail Server)

Host Name

smtpout.secureserver.net

User Name

Enter your full email address.

Password

Enter your email account password.

NOTE: Even though iOS labels these fields as Optional, our email serversrequire them to send email.

If you have IMAP, tap Next, and then tap Save. Otherwise, just tap Save.

That’s it. On your device, go to Mail (it’s usually in the row at the bottom of your screen). If everything is working OK, you should see some email messages. To make sure you can send messages, go ahead and compose an email and send it to yourself.

If you’re not receiving email messages or you can’t send messages, see iPhone: Troubleshooting Email. Don’t worry. There are a few things that can happen during the setup process. We’ll help you investigate and fix them.

To Use Apple Mail with Your Email

Launch Mail.

If the Welcome to Mail window does not display, select Add Account from theFile menu.

Complete the following fields, and then click Continue.

Full Name — The name to display on your email.

Email Address — Your email address.

Password — Your email account password.

Complete the following fields, and then click Continue.

Account Type — Select POP or IMAP.NOTE: To use IMAP, your email account with us must support IMAP functionality.

Description — A description of the email address to display in the email account list in Mail.

Incoming Mail Server — The incoming server name listed in InfoCenter.

User Name — Your full email address.

Password — Your email account password.

If prompted for Incoming Mail Security, select the following and then clickContinue.

Click Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

Select Password.

Complete the following fields, and then click Continue.

Description — A description of the SMTP server to display in the SMTP server list in Mail.

Outgoing Mail Server — The outgoing server name listed in InfoCenter.NOTE: You must have enabled SMTP relays for your account in the Email Control Center. For more information, see Managing Your Email Account SMTP Relays.

Use Authentication — Select this option.

User Name — Your full email address.

Password — Your email account password.

If prompted for Outgoing Mail Security, select the following and then clickContinue.

Click Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

Select Password.

Select Take account online, and then click Create.

That’s it. Go ahead and check your email. If you don’t see any messages, click Get Mail. To make sure you can send messages, try composing an email and sending it to yourself.

FLICKR TUTORIAL –How to download images from Flickr?

I use Flickr to share my photo shoots. This enables several people to view albums of photos online as well as to gain access to download high resolution print-ready / marketing collateral ready photos!

Follow these instructions!!!

STEP ONE: Go to Flickr account in question and click on the album

STEP 2: Then Click on the picture you want until it appears full screen.

STEP 3: Then click actions!

STEP 4. When you click ACTIONS pull down menu to SEE ALL SIZES

STEP 5. From there you can download each image in LARGE resolution or a smaller size. 🙂

OPTION A:
Step 1: Do your search.
Step 2: Click on an image you potentially like.
Step 3: Choose “Search Tools” from upper right of menu.
… then you’ll see a drop down of a few menu choices including
“Any Time”, “All Results”, “Any Size”, “Any Color”, etc. appear!
Step 4: Choose “Any Size” and you’ll be able to get a larger format up to 2 or 4 MB.

where there is a will, there is a way!

OPTION B: Alternatively you can click on am image you like…

Choose “More Sizes” on the footer of the image and
it will list off all available options

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